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Cucurbitaceae (With an Emphasis on the Old World) DQF 24.I.2008-Rev2 Cucurbitaceae (with an emphasis on the Old World) DQF 24.i.2008-rev2 Figure 7.1. Cucurbit crop species: Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina (after Rumphius), Lagenaria siceraria (after Rumphius), Cucumis sativus (after Rheede), Citrullus lanatus (after Rumphius) Cucurbitaceae (taxonomy after Jeffrey via Walters 1989) Tribe Melothrieae Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis wild melon (Near East through Central India to Yunnan, formerly Yangzte(?) and Japan(?)) Multiple domestications C. melo ssp. melo domesticated melons. Includes sweet and vegetable types. 甜瓜 tian guā (‘sweet gua’); 菜瓜 cai guā (‘vegetable gua’). Probable separate domestications in Subsaharan Africa, Egypt/Near East, South Asia, Lower Yangzte, Japan(?) C. sativus L. sativus domesticated cucumber. 黄瓜 huang guā (‘‘yellow gua’’) C. sativus ssp. hardwickii wild progenitor in western Himalayan foothills Melothria heterophylla (Lour.) Cogn. (syn. Solena heterophylla Lour.) Mouse cucumber: India, Southeast Asia, S. China, Taiwan. Melothira types found archaeologically in South India; Melothria spp. found on Jomon sites in Japan. Also native Melothria spp. in the New World Tribe Joliffieae Subtribe Thladianthinae Momordica charantia L., bitter gourd or bitter cucumber, cultivated throughout the tropics; two doestications: Himalayas (India/Nepal), and Yunnan, China (Marr et al. 2005, Economic Botany) Wild= subsp. abbreviata Ser.. Cultivar groups, divided on the basis of fruit size, into minima and maxima. Chinese 苦瓜 ku guā M. balsamina L., a pantropical of dry areas which can also be eaten (Reyes et al 1993). Indian origin M. cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Sprengel, sweet gourd or spiny bitter cucumber, a root-tuberous perennial, is grown widely in mainland and island southeast Asia, as well as China and Japan, and occurs in the wild throughout much of this range, but appears absent from Java (Reyes et al. 1993). Chakravarty 1959: Burma, Assam, Bengal: Chittagong, Garjania, Khulna and Jessore, Madras, one collection by Wright no. 1130 Kew from Madras. Chinese 木鳖子 mu bie zi M. subangulata Blume, Indonesia and Malaysia known as kamas; in Southern Thailand as phakmae is used from wild populations, distributed in mainland Southeast Asia and Java, and a little in India (Chkaravarty 1959). Chinese 凹萼木鳖 ao e mu bie M. dioecia Roxb. ex Willd. A root-tuberous perennial. Extends from Burma and Yunnan through India, partially cultivated in some parts of India for fruits (Chakravarty 1959). Chinese 云南木鳖 yun nan mu bie Subtribe Telfairinae Telfairia pedata (Sm. ex Sims) Hook, Zanzibar oilvine, oyster nut. Cultivated in East Africa for oily seeds. Tribe Trichosantheae Trichosanthes cucumerina L. var. anguina (L.) Haines snake gourd (domesticated), cultivated India, China, SE Asia. Chinese 蛇瓜 she gua; Thai būap ngū Trichosanthes cucumerina L. var. cucumerina wild snake gourd, India, Yunnan, Burma, mainland Southeast Asia Trichosanthes globosa Blume; another species also called “snake gourd”, wild but eaten in South Asia (syn. Trichosanthes cucumeroides (Ser.) Maxim.) Trichosanthes dioica Roxb., pointed gourd, palwal, South Asia Trichosanthes tricuspidata Lour. Reported to be eaten; wild from India through Guizhou, mainland & island Southeast Asia Other wild species include: T. quinquangulata A. Gray [mainland Southeast Asia, Yunnan]; T. globosa Blume [Indonesia]; T. rosthornii Harms (south China); T. villosa Blume [southwest China, mainland and island Southeast Asia] Hodgsonia macrocarpa (Blume) Cogn. Chinese lard-fruit. South China through SE Asia. Oily seeds & edible fruits. Chinese you zha guo 油渣果 Tribe Benincaseae Subtribe Luffinae Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb., ridge loofah, domesticated India. Ch. 丝瓜 si gua; Thai Būap liem Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. (syn. L. cylindrica M. Roem.) sponge loofah; also cultivated as vegetable; domesticated twice, South Asia (Himlayan foothills, Yunnan South China. Ch. 广东丝瓜 Guangdong si gua; Thai Būap kom Subtribe Benincasinae [see Walters and Decker-Walters in Econ Bot 1989: 274-8] Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn., the wax gourd, winter melon; important in China and Japan. Native to Southern China/ Yunnan/ maybe eastern India Four cultivar groups: Unridged winter melon, rindged winter melon, fuzzy gourd, wax gourd, Moderately dry lowland tropics, up 1000m, optimal growth 23-28 C temp. Mature fruits 100- 160 days after sowing. Chinese 冬瓜 dong gua; Vietnam bi dao; Thai fak kio Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai water melon. Origins Africa, Sahara(?); advanced large, sweet juicy forms may have been developed in India and dispersed in Arab period. Cultivar= subsp. lanatus. 西瓜 xi gua ‘Western gua’ Progenitor: Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. citroides (L. H. Bailey) Mansf. Currently wild in Southern part of Africa; formerly in Sahara(?) Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. Colocynth dist includes wild in Western and Central India though Sahara and Sahel. May have been cultivated or collected for the seeds. Citrullus ecirrhosus Cogn. Tsama melon, collected wild by Namib hunter-gatherers Coccinia grandis (L.) Voight ivy gourd, little gourd, kundee, tindora Praecitrullus fistulosus (Stocks) Pangalo squash-melon, round melon tinda (Hindi). Cultivated in India & Pakistan Lagenaria siceraria L. - The bottle gourd, originally wild only in Africa(?); 4 other wild species in Africa in genus. Widely translocated and cultivated(?) since Palaeolithic times. Chinese 葫芦 hu lu Tribe Cucurbiteae (New World squashes, introduced post-Colombus) e.g. Cucurbita anyrosperma C. Huber Mesoamerican Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché Black-seed squash, chilacayote Latin America Cucurbuta maxima Duchesne great pumpkin, winter squash, Native southern South Ameirca Cucurbita pepo L. 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